Job 31:16
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“If I have denied the desires of the poor or allowed the widow’s eyes to fail,”
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“If I have denied the desires of the poor or allowed the widow’s eyes to fail,”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;”
King James Version · Public Domain“If I have withheld the poor fromtheirdesire, Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“If I withhold from pleasure the poor, And the eyes of the widow do consume,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Job 31:16 — 18 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Leviticus 25:35Now if your countryman becomes destitute and cannot support himself among you, then you are to help him as you would a foreigner or stranger, so that he can continue to live among you.
- Deuteronomy 15:7If there is a poor man among your brothers within any of the gates in the land that the LORD your God is giving you, then you are not to harden your heart or shut your hand from your poor brother.
- Deuteronomy 28:32Your sons and daughters will be given to another nation, while your eyes grow weary looking for them day after day, with no power in your hand.
- Job 5:16So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.
- Job 20:19For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor; he has seized houses he did not build.
- Job 22:7You gave no water to the weary and withheld food from the famished,
- Psalms 69:3I am weary from my crying; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking for my God.
- Psalms 112:9He has scattered abroad his gifts to the poor; his righteousness endures forever; his horn will be lifted high in honor.
- Psalms 119:82My eyes fail, looking for Your promise; I ask, “When will You comfort me?”
- Psalms 119:123My eyes fail, looking for Your salvation, and for Your righteous promise.
- Proverbs 22:22Do not rob a poor man because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate,
- Isaiah 10:2to deprive the poor of fair treatment and withhold justice from the oppressed of My people, to make widows their prey and orphans their plunder.
- Isaiah 38:14I chirp like a swallow or crane; I moan like a dove. My eyes grow weak as I look upward. O Lord, I am oppressed; be my security.”
- Lamentations 4:17All the while our eyes were failing as we looked in vain for help. We watched from our towers for a nation that could not save us.
- Matthew 25:17Likewise, the one with the two talents gained two more.
- Luke 16:21and longing to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores.
- Acts 11:29So the disciples, each according to his ability, decided to send relief to the brothers living in Judea.
- Galatians 2:10They only asked us to remember the poor, the very thing I was eager to do.
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